The Rockies in first person
Subtitle: a critical study of recent American memoirs from the region
By: Ron McFarland.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780786437177
Subjects: Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.; Autobiography.; Rocky Mountains Region -- Biography.; Rocky Mountains Region -- Social conditons.; Rocky Mountains Region -- Economic conditions.
Description: "This study focuses on 10 memoirs from the northern U.S. Rockies. By comparing memoirs representing states that share similar demographic and socio-economic characteristics, this historic and literary analysis reveals both commonalities and divergences among American Western memoirs"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: The genre of the self; title: The context of northern Rockies memoir; title: Ivan Doig and Mark Spragg : fathers and sons in place; title: Mary Clearman Blew's and Teresa Jordan's Western family albums; title: Coming to womanhood with Kim Barnes and Judy Blunt; title: The Indian lives of Sidner J. Larson and Janet Campbell Hale; title: The ecomemoirs of William Kittredge and Terry Tempest Williams; title: Conclusions and speculations.